Glossary · term
ANP (Agent Network Protocol)
An open protocol that standardizes collaboration among autonomous agents over a network. It emphasizes decentralized identifiers (DID) and federated agent discovery, so that agents can identify and communicate with one another without a central registry. It is the third of the major standardization efforts alongside MCP and A2A; adoption outside Asia remains limited.
Agents2025Wave 2 · 2024Maturity: 1/5
Maturity rationale
single R2 source, 2025-26 neologism